February 5 - Vintages
February 5 - Vintages
February 5 - Vintages
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LA MADONNINA CHIANTI CLASSICO<br />
RISERVA 2007<br />
DOCG<br />
(Fratelli Triacca)<br />
TASTING NOTE: … The bouquet is rich,<br />
with red berry fruit supported by dusky<br />
greenish accents and some hints of yellow<br />
peach, and also pleasing mentholated<br />
accents. Nice balance and quite a bit to<br />
say. On the palate it’s fresh, with rich<br />
cherry plum fruit supported more by iodine<br />
bitterness than acidity, and by smooth<br />
sweet tannins that flow into a decidedly<br />
bitter finish … will drink nicely with<br />
grilled meats and roasts, especially leaner<br />
meats such as roast beef, cooked rare<br />
and sliced fairly thickly. It grew upon me.<br />
Score: HHK (Kyle Phillips, Italian Wine<br />
Review, March 5, 2010)<br />
191361 (XD) 750 mL $22.95 2<br />
New at VINTAGES<br />
6 VINTAGES<br />
LE CINCIOLE CHIANTI CLASSICO<br />
2007<br />
DOCG<br />
TASTING NOTE: A layered and pretty<br />
wine, with berry and cherry character and<br />
hints of new wood. Full-bodied, yet<br />
reserved and balanced. Best from 2011<br />
through 2016. Smart Buy. Score: 91<br />
(James Suckling, www.winespectator.com,<br />
Oct. 31, 2010)<br />
207795 (D) 750 mL $19.95 2<br />
Featured as our Wine of the Month<br />
ISOLE E OLENA CHIANTI CLASSICO<br />
2007<br />
DOCG<br />
Bringing in the harvest in a<br />
sun-drenched Chianti vineyard.<br />
TASTING NOTE: The 2007 Chianti Classico<br />
is simply marvelous. A touch rounder and<br />
more generous than is typically the case,<br />
the Chianti Classico reveals intense<br />
aromatics that meld into a core of rich,<br />
expansive red fruit. The open-knit,<br />
giving quality of 2007 is on full display,<br />
while clean, mineral notes on the finish<br />
add a measure of clarity and balance.<br />
Despite the wine’s ripeness, this remains<br />
one of the more understated, hushed<br />
Chiantis of the vintage. Readers who<br />
enjoy the Burgundian side of Sangiovese<br />
will flip out over this wine. Anticipated<br />
maturity: 2010-2020. Score: 90 (Antonio<br />
Galloni, www.erobertparker.com, Oct. 2010)<br />
704346 (XD) 750 mL $26.95 2
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